Other friends of Mason’s, who were in a pair of cars trailing his when the accident occurred, pulled over, loaded Mason into their vehicle, then whisked him away in an effort to keep their buddy out of legal trouble. And it worked. When police arrived, Mason’s name never came up. The story never hit the papers. Instead, Corey Kelly, Anthony Kelly’s younger brother, took the fall, receiving a ticket for reckless driving—and the 1,000-plus-foot skid marks the accident left on the highway.
